Schizophrenia patients discharged against medical advice at a mental hospital in Taiwan
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1323-1316
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02103.x